{"id":152,"date":"2025-01-25T16:43:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T16:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greendogmow.com\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2025-01-26T03:58:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-26T03:58:46","slug":"pruning-and-trimming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/greendogmow.com\/?page_id=152","title":{"rendered":"Pruning &#038; Trimming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Appearance in the landscape can be greatly enhanced by the proper maintenance of plants through pruning and trimming. Landscape design often uses plants in their natural form.&nbsp; Maintaining this look is important and proper maintenance ensures a healthy environment for your plants to thrive and maintain their beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proper pruning has the following benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>controls plant size and shape<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>keeps shrubby evergreens well-proportioned and dense<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>removes unwanted branches, waterspouts, suckers, and undesirable fruiting structures that detract from plant appearance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Young shrubs should be pruned lightly to make them grow fuller and bushier. With hand pruners, we trim long, unbranched stems by cutting just above a healthy bud. This type of pruning, called heading, encourages lower side branches to develop and enhances the shrub&#8217;s natural form. When selecting a bud tip to trim to, we keep in mind that the new branch will grow out in the direction of the bud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Older shrubs may require a more extensive program of thinning cuts. &nbsp;On shrubs with multiple stems that grow up from the base, like lilac, viburnum, forsythia, and dogwood, we gradually remove all of the old stems while leaving the new, flower-producing growth untouched. Eventually, the new flower-producing stems will completely replace the lackluster old growth.<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Appearance in the landscape can be greatly enhanced by the proper maintenance of plants through pruning and trimming. Landscape design often uses plants in their natural form.&nbsp; Maintaining this look is important and proper maintenance ensures a healthy environment for your plants to thrive and maintain their beauty. 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